Remember when Harry claimed he was Neville Longbottom on the Knight Bus?

[Cathy Drolet]

No: HPFGUIDX 108542

vivian said:

"What if (not based on canon, just a thought) Voldemort had originally 
picked Neville but was swayed by someone else to go after the Potter 
family. Could Snape have convinced Voldemort to go after Jame's 
family because of his personal hatred towards James? James saved 
Snape's life once, perhaps Snape couldn't kill him, but someone else 
could. 

There has to be a reason why Voldemort commented to Harry that his 
mother need not have died. Why, when he seems to enjoy killing anyone 
and everyone?"

DuffyPoo:

Good theory.  Wish it was in canon then my theory could go out the window.  (I have a big long essay type e-mail written about my theory on Snape, I'm going to think on it for a while before I post.  But it fits in with your theory. Oh, maybe not, I just read another post of yours...)  However, I don't see any reason why Lily had to have died either.  She didn't have to die, nor did James, for that matter, if LV picked a different time to show up at GH.  Wormtail was in the Order and would probably know James' schedule if he was doing work for the Order. LV could have gone there when James was out. (Didn't JKR say James didn't have to 'work' because of his fortune but he did something very important?)    Obviously, James needed to be killed for some reason...as you said, to destroy the Potter line, perhaps.  In which case, what does LV know about the Potter family that we don't yet?.  Lily didn't have to die because she's not in the Potter line, but she wouldn't get out of the way, so LV could finish off the Potter line.  

Your "why, when he seems to enjoy killing anyone and everyone" is my exact question when people say LV chose to go after HP and him alone.  WHY?  When Neville, at the time, also fit the prophecy (as much as LV knew), and when who knows who else could possibly fit the prophecy someday.  LV wasn't opposed to killing people or causing them to be killed by others (I think the DEs did as much killing as he did...maybe more...like Charles Manson).  He'd have gone after every kid born anywhere near the end of July...and...he only heard the first part of the prophecy (I never thought of this before) he didn't know it would be a boy.  The "and the Dark Lord will mark *him* as his equal" part came after the eavesdropper was chucked out of the Hog's Head.

DuffyPoo again:

>>While re-reading PoA, I also noticed that HP had a dream, the night 
before the final Quidditch game against Slytherin. Harry dreamed he 
had overslept, and "Wood was yelling, 'Where were you? We had to use 
Neville instead!'" Another link/hint?<<

vmonte responds:

"I wonder if Neville will make the polyjuice potion and impersonate 
Harry? Neville is very courageous. He may try to lead Voldemort away 
from Harry and friends. "


DuffyPoo:

Good idea....Then Neville can grab some ear muffs and kill LV with a Mandrake plant! ;-)  Or, how bad does that stinksap get as the Mibulus Mimbletonia ages?


SSSusan:
"At the risk of sounding nasty when I don't want to...perhaps these 
two things were left out of the You-Know-Whats *because* they won't 
play into the plot in any way??"


DuffyPoo:

My "I was surpised they left it out of the ... oops, as well. ;)"  was in regard to AJ's post about Harry calling himself Neville on the Knight Bus, not my own dream about Neville replacing Harry at Quidditch post.  I knew I didn't make that clear as soon as I pressed 'send.'  I'm afraid I'm in the "the You-Know-Whats" are not canon camp.  JKR didn't write the screenplay or direct the...oops, almost said the 'm' word!  I don't care what thrills and chills she got when she saw it.  Stuff isn't left out because it isn't important (always) it is left out due to time constraints, clarity for the audience, it doesn't advance the story, etc.  Just look at LOTR.  Arwen says: "Frodo, Im Arwen. Telin le thaed."  Speaking in Elvish she should really have used Frodo's Sindarin name 'Iorhael' but why add to the confusion of Gandalf, Mithrandir, Gray Pilgrim, Gandalf Stormcrow, etc.? If they put everything in those three movies that was in the book, we'd still be at the theatre. ;-)




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